When long-time Georgetown College head track and field and cross country coach Todd McDaniel decided to retire, the college didn’t take long to find a replacement.
Luke Garnett, formerly of Harrison County and a 2006 graduate of Harrison County High School, was the logical choice.

Local strength athlete, Rebecca McCauley, entered the national spotlight this week as she claimed third place in the Women’s 123-pound lightweight division at the United States Strongman National Championship held in Indianapolis, Indiana.
McCauley was one of 120 competitors who qualified and competed in the event. Over the course of the day, men and women competed in their respective weight-class divisions.

The Harrison County Football Alumni Association is holding their annual banquet Saturday August 8th in the new Harrison County Fieldhouse. The meal will be served at 5 PM with a social hour preceding beginning at 4 PM. The social hour is a perfect time to get together with fellow football enthusiasts to go over the “good old days” and tell a few tall tales.

Boys’ basketball camp begins Monday
Harrison County High School boys’ basketball coach Larry Kendall will hold his annual basketball camp beginning Monday, July 13, through Thursday, July 16. The camp is open to boys from kindergarten through 12th grade. Cost for the camp is $60 per camper and $45 for second camper from the same household. Kindergarten through fifth grade will have sessions from 8:30 a.m. to noon each day while the sixth through 12th grade will meet from noon until 3:30 p.m. daily.

On Saturday morning, Larry Kendall and Kim Furnish stopped by the radio station to join Jim Swinford and me for the Let’s Talk Sports program.
They talked about the amazing number of games that the Fillies and Breds have played this summer while on summer vacation from school.
I say amazing number not because the number of games is more than many other high school teams play in the summer, but when I compare to my summers as a youth it is staggering.

The Kentucky Thunder 9 and under team and the Kentucky Sliders 8 and under team played host to an 11-team tournament at River Road Park last weekend.
The 11 teams played a combined 21 games in two days with the Thunder playing four times and the Sliders battling in six games.
The 8u Sliders opened the tournament at 9 a.m. Saturday with a tough 12-11 loss to Scott County.
They came back at 2:30 p.m. to hammer Southwest Lexington, 9-2, to even their tournament record.

The description of always in contention but has never won no longer can be used to describe Rus Whalen.
Whalen led from an opening birdie on the first hole to the end of the tournament to win the 51st annual Joe Mooney Invitational held at the Cynthiana Country Club last weekend.